David Amos, Director
David Amos has made it his specialty as an orchestral conductor to introduce to the public lesser known works of composers worthy of greater recognition. To this end, Mr. Amos has commissioned new works as well as conducted world premiere performances in concerts and in recordings.
His musical training includes two degrees from San Diego State University, and Doctoral Studies in conducting from Indiana University. He has conducted in commercial recordings over 160 compositions on thirty five acclaimed compact discs. Only five of these works are from the familiar standard repertory. In these recordings, he conducted four London orchestras, the national and radio orchestras of Israel, Scotland, Slovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Moravian Philharmonic, and others.
In addition to having hosted and produced a contemporary music series on radio for four years, Mr. Amos was the music columnist for the news-magazine San Diego Jewish Times for 24 years. He is in frequent demand as a lecturer, clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator in music competitions worldwide. He is in the advisory board of XLNC1, the classical radio station of San Diego, Tijuana, and the internet, and is regularly heard on the air.
Recently, Mr. Amos conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in world-premiere recordings, did the pre-concert lectures for recitals by Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma for the La Jolla Music Society, guest conducted orchestras in Canada and Mexico, is the music columnist for the internet publication San Diego Jewish World, and is involved in future recording projects.
Partial Discography:
Bloch: Concerto Symphonique (2006)
David Amos, Conductor; London Symphony Orchestra
Persichetti: Divertimento (2006)
David Amos, Conductor; London Symphony Orchestra Winds
Achron, Saminsky, Bloch (2005)
David Amos, Conductor; Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Modern Masters (2004)
David Amos, Conductor; City of London Sinfonia
American Classics – Flagello: Symphony No. 1 (2003)
David Amos, Conductor; Slovah Radio Symphony Orchestra
Virtuoso Works for Clarinet and Orchestra (2003)
David Amos, Conductor; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fairbanks Symphony
Dello Joio, Hovhaness, Rosner (2002)
David Amos, Conductor; Philharmonia Orchestra
Music for Two Pianos and Orchestra (2002)
David Amos, Conductor; Warsaw Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra
David Ward-Steinman: Three Concertos (2001)
David Amos, Conductor; Moravia Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicolas Flagello: Credendum (2001)
David Amos, Conductor; Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Dello Joio, Creston, Bloch (2000)
David Amos, Conductor; Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Music by Arnold Rosner (2000)
David Amos, Conductor; Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul’s Cathedral Church Chorus, Clarian Brass
Rózsa, Gould, Menotti, Lavry (2000)
David Amos, Conductor; London Symphony Orchestra
American Music for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1999)
David Amos, Conductor; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Lopatnikoff, Tansman, Malipiero (1996)
David Amos, Conductor; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Flagello, Giannini, Gould (1995)
David Amos, Conductor; New Russia Orchestra
Songs of Laughter, Love, and Tears (1995)
David Amos, Conductor; Crystal Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Alan Hovhanvess: And God Created Great Whales (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Philharmonia Orchestra
Chajes: Israeli Melody; Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsody (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Dances, Moods and Romances (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Hovhaness: Concerto for Horn (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London National Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Dello Joio: Air Power; Morton Gould: Holocaust (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Cracow Philharmonic
Premières of the Old and New (1993)
David Amos, Conductor; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra